As the cold, dry climate of the western Antarctic Peninsula becomes warmer and more humid, phytoplankton – the bottom of the Antarctic food chain – is decreasing off the northern part the peninsula...
he first comprehensive "inventory" of sea and land animals around a group of Antarctic islands reveals a region that is rich in biodiversity and has more species than the Galapagos.
Wilkins Ice Shelf has experienced further break-up with an area of about 160 kmA‚A? breaking off from 30 May to 31 May 2008. ESA's Envisat satellite captured the event - the first ever-documented...
